Friday, September 18, 2009

I have finally had to admit to myself that the pain in my right elbow was beyond being a nuisance and was begging to be dealt with. Yesterday I took myself to the doctor and assented to a cortisone shot - tendonitis.Funny enough, knitting has not bothered me at all, up to this point, but the shot completely incapacitated me for the last day and a half. Nobody told me it could be this bad. I can't eat or brush my teeth with my right arm, and I feel like someone else has been doing these things for me. I am so incredibly right handed...my left hand is learning to take over, but it feels awkward.

Anyhow, I am told that resting the arm will help speed the recovery, which means no knitting (!) and no dyeing yarn (!). Thank goodness I still have some yarn in stock for now and was able to put a few colors up on etsy. The response has been a good one so far - thank you!! Now I need to figure out how to further spread the word.

I hope you will have yourself a nice fall weekend - I'm debating whether I should drive to Vermont and go to the Bennington Quilt Festival, since knitting, gardening, and housework are off limits...what do you think? Drive left handed?

Thirding the suggestion to get thee a driver; would also like to suggest that I've had very good luck with arnica for tendonitis issues, although I'm not sure how it would react with a cortisone shot. Hope you feel better soon!

Hi Karin~ ~Sorry to hear of your discomfort. Those shots are awful hope you are feeling better soon. The quilt show sounds like fun. If you want a little motivation check my older posts for pics of the show I went to this summer. It was amazing!~ ~Ahrisha~ ~